God, for the retail workers, hear our prayer. As they lead customers through abandoned aisles, as they take payment from customers’ hands, help them not to be afraid. As they restock barren shelves...
(A prayer based on Psalm 46) God, for gig workers, hear our prayer. In times of calm, they can lack peace because of the precariousness of their work. Now, they see their projects...
Jesus, thank you for the social workers and the unique role they play in our society. We pray for a sense of calm over them, as they bring calm to situations of need...
Lord, we lift up the lives of learners. We thank you for their wide eyes, their malleable minds, and their curious hearts. From young to old, we thank you for a generation of...
Lord, thank you for caterers and their gift of spinning so many plates in the air. Their work has literally come to a halt because of social distancing, which means little cash on...
Lord, we pray for musicians and artists. You are the great artists who fills all things with creative beauty. You know the challenges they face. For many, their economic well-being depends upon concerts...
Jesus, thank you for the work of janitorial and custodial staff. Their work holds great value, as they restore spaces to be clean and beautiful, and as they sanitize surfaces, so that people...
Lord, thank you for teachers who labor to shape students of all ages, with knowledge and virtue. Many have had to regroup and adjust to a new normal, as they find new ways...
Lord, thank you for engineers, for those who love science and math, for those who love to apply a way of thinking to solve human problems. Times like these call for creative problem...
